It's also interesting to read that Leslie was definately not in favor of the LeMans type start that he had just experienced at Green Valley and earlier in the year at Sebring. You can tell in his comments at the end of the article that he was worried about the safety risks in this type of start.

The first Camaro road racing win at an SCCA National event was at Cumberland, MD on May 13, 1967.Johnny Moore was the driver of the car owned by Hugh Heishman. The National events have stiffer comp-etition and get you points that count toward the national championship (ARRC) run-off at the end of the year.

The first Camaro road racing win at an international event was at St. Jovite (Mt. Tremblant) on May 21, 1967. This was notan official SCCA Trans-Am event in 1967. The track wanted to be part of the Trans-Am series in 1967 but other tracks werechosen instead. None of the factory teams made the trek to Canada for this race, however many good drivers and cars thatwere regulars in the Trans-Am series did run in it. The race was won by Dick Guldstrand in his Dana-sponsored Camaro.CP&A coverage of the race courtesy of Ron Lathrop.

Several Camaros participated in this event and I have attached a few of the best pictures of them.

The first photo shows the start of the race. You can see the flag man about to waive the green flag for the standing start. The light blue #56 Camaro is the winning car of Dick Guldstrand/Tom Payne. It completed 118 laps.

The second photo shows the #24 Camaro of Don Yenko and Jerry Thompson. The car did not finish due to a suspension problem on lap 103. You can also see the white Yenko Stinger Corvair just behind the Camaro in this picture. It was driven by Donna Mae Mimms but failed to finish due to ignition and clutch failure on lap 18.

The third photo shows the #1 Camaro of Joie Chitwood. Did Chitwood drive this car or was it Corwin/Lynd, the only other Camaro drivers mentioned in the article race recap to finish the race?

The fourth photo shows the #777 Camaro of Craig Fisher. This car did not finish due to an engine failure on lap 51.

1) Winning Camaro #56 of Dick Guldstrand/Tom Payne2) Camaro #5 of Bob Brown. This car did not finish due to engine failure on lap 104.3) Three Camaros fighting for position4) Nearly stock RS Z28 Camaro with front license plate! Is this the Camaro of Corwin/Lynd or the Camaro of R. West? These are the other two Camaros listed in the race recap clipping posted by Jon Mello.

On the autocourse.ca website this Camaro is credited to Richard Hoffman but in the race recap clipping it states that R. Hoffman finished in 12th place driving a Mustang. Was this a misprint in the clipping or is this someone else?

Thanks for posting those, Scott. Roger West was the driver of the Joie Chitwood Camaro. The Z-28 with the front plate was driven by Corwin/Lyndand the #48 in the last photo was driven by Dick Hoffman, a GM Proving Ground engineer. He was not in a Mustang.

Also, Donna Mae Mims' Corvair was pink, not white. There is some glare in that picture which threw you off.

Thanks for posting those, Scott. Roger West was the driver of the Joie Chitwood Camaro. The Z-28 with the front plate was driven by Corwin/Lyndand the #48 in the last photo was driven by Dick Hoffman, a GM Proving Ground engineer. He was not in a Mustang.

Also, Donna Mae Mims' Corvair was pink, not white. There is some glare in that picture which threw you off.

Thanks for the info Jon. I should have known about the pink Corvair. Brain cramp!

1) At the bottom of page 47 in the July 1967 edition of Canada Track & Traffic there is a picture with a caption that states, "Winner, race one, Peter Roberts in his Ginnetta." Is this picture referring to the sports car races held at St. Jovite on June 12, 1967? Is there an article on the race on the next page?That Ginnetta looks like the one in the first attached picture from autocourse.ca. I was just wondering because of the 1967 Camaro RS in the background. As you know I am always on the look out for pace car, safety car, and official track car pictures, especially Camaros. Other pictures from that web site demonstrate that these races began with a standing start, so I know that it didn't pace the field prior to the start but it might have been used in the safety car capacity and I'm trying to pin down which race it was.

2) Does the program for the 1968 Trans Am race at St. Jovite mention anything about or show a picture of the 1968 Camaro RS/SS convertible that I presume was used as the pace car or safety car during the 1968 Trans Am race and subsequent races at St. Jovite. The second attached picture from autocourse.ca shows this particular car before or after the supporting 3 hour race for sports cars. This same Camaro also appears in the background of movie footage taken during the Trans Am race.

It's funny that both the 1967 Camaro and the 1968 Camaro seem to be parked in the exact same spot on the track in the pictures, only seperated by a year.

SMKZ28,as for question #2 for jon, I have in my hot little hand the program for the '68 trans-am a tremblant. I went through it twice, but didn't see any mention of the official car or any G.M ad surprisingly ! I may have missed something, always a possibility.

SMKZ28,as for question #2 for jon, I have in my hot little hand the program for the '68 trans-am a tremblant. I went through it twice, but didn't see any mention of the official car or any G.M ad surprisingly ! I may have missed something, always a possibility.